Contact Organizations
Jessani Gordon
Executive Director
 New Jersey Charter Public Schools Association
349 W. State Street
Trenton,NJ 08618
609-989-9700

Heather Ngoma
Director
 New Jersey Charter Schools Resource Center
80 Cottontail Lane
Somerset,NJ 08873
(732) 564-0081

Students Overview

2008-2009 New Jersey

Charter Schools

 

Non-Charter Schools

Metrics # %
Students
Number of Students 19,268
% of Charter School Students to All Public School Students 1.4%
Estimated Number of Students on Waiting Lists 11,105
Race / Ethnicity
White 1,679 8.7%
Black 12,534 65.1%
Hispanic 4,554 23.6%
Asian 482 2.5%
Other 20 0.1%
Free or Reduced Price Lunch
Eligible for Free or Reduced Price Lunch 13,281 68.9%
Ineligible for Free or Reduced Price Lunch 5,987 31.1%
Students by School Grade Levels
Elementary Schools 11,911 61.8%
Middle Schools 1,636 8.5%
High Schools 1,488 7.7%
Middle/High Schools 2,384 12.4%
Elementary/Middle/High Schools 1,848 9.6%
Students by Grade Level
Pre-Kindergarten 24 0.1%
Kindergarten 1,802 9.4%
First Grade 1,857 9.6%
Second Grade 1,654 8.6%
Third Grade 1,689 8.8%
Fourth Grade 1,550 8.0%
Fifth Grade 1,930 10.0%
Sixth Grade 2,038 10.6%
Seventh Grade 1,897 9.8%
Eighth Grade 1,708 8.9%
Ninth Grade 957 5.0%
Tenth Grade 894 4.6%
Eleventh Grade 658 3.4%
Twelfth Grade 611 3.2%
 
Metrics # %
Students
Number of Students 1,358,460
Race / Ethnicity
White 743,774 54.8%
Black 222,170 16.4%
Hispanic 270,326 19.9%
Asian 116,330 8.6%
Other 5,860 0.4%
Free or Reduced Price Lunch
Eligible for Free or Reduced Price Lunch 374,331 27.6%
Ineligible for Free or Reduced Price Lunch 984,129 72.4%
Students by Grade Level
Pre-Kindergarten 40,070 2.9%
Kindergarten 96,571 7.1%
First Grade 102,062 7.5%
Second Grade 102,396 7.5%
Third Grade 102,589 7.6%
Fourth Grade 102,844 7.6%
Fifth Grade 102,216 7.5%
Sixth Grade 102,436 7.5%
Seventh Grade 103,295 7.6%
Eighth Grade 104,177 7.7%
Ninth Grade 105,489 7.8%
Tenth Grade 102,791 7.6%
Eleventh Grade 96,426 7.1%
Twelfth Grade 95,096 7.0%
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